Consultant in Critical Care Medicine

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Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Liverpool seeks a locum Consultant in Critical Care Medicine. This full-time position requires 10 PAs, providing critical care in a purpose-built unit at Aintree University Hospital. The successful candidate will participate in a 24-hour service and hold full GMC registration. The role involves managing intensive care admissions, working collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team. An annual salary ranges from £109,725 to £145,478. Interested candidates should apply promptly as the vacancy may close early.

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration with licence to practice.
• On the Specialist register with the GMC, or within 6 months of eligibility.
• At least 12 months experience working in Intensive Care in the NHS.

Responsibilities

• Participate in 24-hour clinical cover for the critical care unit.
• Engage in daytime cover at 1 in 5 frequency.
• Lead and supervise junior medical staff.

Skills

Demonstrable competence in Critical Care procedures

Ultrasound accreditation relevant to Critical Care

FICE accreditation

Management skills

Effective communication

Education

MBChB or equivalent

Full GMC registration with licence to practice

Teaching qualification

Job description

Main area Intensive Care Medicine Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant Contract 12 months (Locum Consultant for period of 12 months) Hours Full time - 40 hours per week (10 PA contract.) Job ref 287-ASUR-164-25

Employer Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Aintree Universiity Hospital Town Liverpool Salary £109,725 - £145,478 Per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 22/02/2026 23:59

Consultant in Critical Care Medicine

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Job overview

The Trust wishes to appoint a locum Consultant in Critical Care Medicine (Single or dual speciality, full time 10PA). The vacancy has arisen from creation of a new position to improve the resilience of the service.

Liverpool University Hospitals Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in the country. The combined Critical Care Departments comprise approximately 60 Critical Care beds.

Aintree University Hospital houses the supra-regional service for vascular surgery, maxillo-facial and ENT surgery, respiratory medicine and endocrinology as well as Acute Medicine and Emergency General surgery. Since 2012, Aintree has been the regional Major Trauma Centre as a part of Merseyside and Cheshire Trauma Centre collaborative. Aintree is also provides the region\'s hyper acute stroke services.

The person appointed will be based at the Aintree site and will be a member of the Critical Care department within the Division of Surgery. Duties will be undertaken in conjunction with Consultant colleagues.

Main duties of the job

The Critical Care Department at University Hospital Aintree is a purpose built 31 bed combined Level 2 and 3 unit. The unit is currently funded for 14 beds at Level 3 and 12 at level 2. The actual daily composition of level 2 and 3 beds is fluid and depends on patient case-mix.

There are between 1200-1400 admissions per year of which 25% are elective surgical patients and approximately 500 level 3 patients are admitted annually. Approximately 100 patients per year require renal support. A full range of organ support is provided including RRT and PiCCO. There is a Critical Care follow-up clinic and an outreach service.

The unit benefits from dedicated cover from Medical Microbiology, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Psychology, Speech & Language Therapy and Dietetics. We have a close working relationship with our colleagues in the regional Respiratory Centre and long term weaning unit (VIC- based at Aintree).

The department provides 24/7 resident Consultant Intensivist cover and operates a truly 7 day service.

Working for our organisation

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The appointee will participate in the provision of 24 hour dedicated clinical cover for the critical care unit. The appointee will participate in the Critical Care day time cover at 1 in 5 frequency, and on call rota at 1 in 16 basis including weekdays and weekends (category A – 3% supplement) on a resident on-call basis. The on-call operates on the basis of providing prospective cover for absence.

SPA

Core SPA of 1.5 SPA per week is for the professional development (CPD), personal job planning, personal appraisal, mandatory training, attendance at regular team meetings which will have a clinical governance aspect and participation in audit, teaching and training.

Additional SPA 1-2 SPA/week for a specific role with responsibilities mutually agreed between the department and the successful applicant (eg Educational Supervision, Undergraduate Lead). This will be subject to regular performance review.

Second specialty DCC - 2PAs of direct clinical care PAs can be supported in a second complementary specialty alongside the Critical Care role. Example job plans for dual specialty roles are provided here but are not exhaustive. For further details on these possibilities, potential applicants should contact Dr Tim Astles, Clinical Lead for Critical Care Medicine.

A detailed job description and person specification is attached to the advert.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration with licence to practice
• On the Specialist register with the GMC, or within 6 months of eligibility at the time of interview
• MBChB or equivalent
• Appropriate higher grade qualifications in ICM, Anaesthesia or other sub-specialty (e.g. FRCA, MRCP, etc.)
• Advanced (FICM stage 3) or equivalent competencies in ICM
• CCT in ICM OR Established and current Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine
• ALS and ATLS (or equivalent) accredited at the time of appointment
• Post-graduate Diploma or equivalent in Intensive Care Medicine (e.g. FFICM)
• Teaching qualification
• Evidence of achieving GMC standards to be recognised as an Education Supervisor

Experience

• At least 12 months experience of working in Intensive Care in the NHS
• Experience in management of patients in ICU&HDU at senior level
• Documented training in accredited Critical Care departments
• Smooth progression through training consistent with personal circumstances
• A basic working knowledge of NHS governance, both clinical and financial.

Skills

• Demonstrable competence in Critical Care procedures
• Ultrasound accreditation relevant to Critical Care
• FICE accreditation

Aptitude and Leadership

• Can demonstrate ongoing ability to work within a multi-professional and multi-disciplinary framework in the Critical Care environment
• Management skills including ability to work with others to achieve shared goals
• Evidence of clinical governance activity
• Be able to listen and communicate effectively
• Possess organisational and management abilities including the ability to prioritise workload
• Ability to work under pressure
• Evidence of audit/QI activity relevant to Critical Care
• Evidence of organising or presenting educational or academic activities
• Willingness to participate in management activities
• Leadership ability including being able to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
• Evidence of achieving GMC standards to be recognised as a Clinical Supervisor
• Experience in the delivery of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
• Simulation experience
• Presentation at recognised national and international meetings
• Publications in peer reviewed journals

Other

• Willingness to work flexibly and at other sites when required
• Ability and willingness to undertake further training as necessary

Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.

Posts advertised to ‘internal staff’ are open to employees of hospitals within University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and you should confirm your employment within your application form.

Note: Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria.

Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.

We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

Candidatesapplying for the role of Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank should note that due to the nature of the role, workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months’ of their 18 th birthday.

The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.

The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.

Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £26.50 (standard disclosure) or £54.50 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment.

From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.

Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they are adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults’ policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.

Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.

All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.

As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.

If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.

Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.